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Another election year battle over Affordable Care Act threatens coverage for millions
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The number of Americans getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act has hit a record high with more than 21 million people signed up through… Read More
House Republicans’ CHOICE Act would roll back some Obamacare protections
By: Julie Appleby | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Forget “repeal and replace,” the oft-repeated Republican rallying cry against the Affordable Care Act. House Republicans have advanced a package of bills called the CHOICE Act that… Read More
Will Supreme Court Invalidate Obamacare A Decade After It Was Enacted?
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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There would be enormous consequences were the court to throw out the ACA, which has survived twice in the high court. But the court’s makeup is very different now than on those past occasions.
The Election And A Fresh Obamacare Challenge Loom Over New Supreme Court Term
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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The new term, which begins Monday, will see eight justices, not the usual nine. And because of COVID-19, once again the justices will gather by telephone hookup to hear the arguments.
Supreme Court Undercuts Access To Birth Control Under Obamacare
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that significantly cut back on the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers provide free birth control coverage under almost all health care plans.
Trump Backs Off Obamacare Replacement After Top GOP Leader Nixes The Idea
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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The president still promises “a great health care package” — but not until after the next election. His comments come after a phone call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Yost Jumps Into Obamacare Suit, Saying People With Pre-existing Conditions Should Be Protected
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s Republican attorney general is asking a federal court not to strike down the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional. He’s filed a brief in a lawsuit over the ACA, or… Read More
Gov. DeWine Says Ohioans With Pre-existing Conditions Will Keep Their Health Care
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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President Trump’s administration wants the federal courts to do what Congress didn’t – overturn all parts of the Affordable Care Act. But Gov. Mike DeWine says Ohioans with pre-existing conditions… Read More
Trump Administration Now Says Entire Affordable Care Act Should Be Repealed
By: Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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A letter from the Department of Justice announced the shift, in support of a district court judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional. The case will likely end up in the Supreme Court.
Trump Administration Seeks To Dismiss Cities’ ACA Lawsuit
By: Associated Press
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by several cities for allegedly sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. The Daily Record reports that the defendants argued in… Read More